This is the first in a new feature series I’m introducing – Magazine of the Month. Every month I’ll be recommending an arts/crafts magazine and sharing with you the things I like about it.
I’ve been a magazine junkie since my early teens and cut my journalist’s teeth on a magazine’s editorial team. In recent years, I’ve developed something of an obsession with crafters’ magazines.
I’m delighted to announce that the publishers of my first recommended read, Mollie Makes, are offering readers of The Patchwork Quill the chance to try three issues of the magazine for just £5 when you subscribe via quarterly direct debit. That’s essentially two free issues, so I hope loads of you take up the offer – details at the end of the post.
Today is the Quill’s first birthday, so I guess I’m celebrating this first anniversary American-style, with paper!
So here it is, the gorgeous Mollie Makes.
This was issue 16 of the monthly magazine, which also celebrated its first birthday this year, on May 12th.
Its motto is ‘Making, thrifting, collecting, crafting’ which drew me to it instantly. The most observant Quill readers will have already spotted the other reason I snapped it up….
FRIENDSHIP BRACELETS!!!
My first foray into crafting was making friendship bracelets as a child and, at the age of 28, I still love to make them.
The feature was illustrated with a fabulously nostalgic photoshoot – all stonewash denim, candy colours and neon – as well as a handful of easy-to-follow bracelet-making tutorials with accompanying pictures.
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| Neon bags and shoes tutorial, courtesy of Michaela and Lotta from Hey Look |
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| Shopping suggestions, following this issue’s neon style theme. |
THE REGULARS
- New – craft news
- Out and About – report from an event
- Trends – this issue: neon
- Living – pick of the best buys for the home
- Home Tour – a look around a handcrafted home
- Templates – all the shapes and templates for featured projects
- Loving – one-page ‘moodboard’ to inspire
- Mollie Makes Visits… – this issue: vintage warehouse Most Marvellous
- My Space: this issue: studio space of Cartolina‘s Fiona Richards
THE PROJECTS
- Luggage tag (materials = free gift on cover)
- Friendship bracelets
- Needle-felted bear key chain
- Crocheted lampshade by Catherine Hirst, author of Granny Square Crochet
- Quilted placemat by Tacha Bruecher of Fat Quartley
- Fabric scrapbook by Amy Tan
- Ruffle skirt by Tanya Whelan, author of Sew What You Love
THE FACTFILE
- PUBLISHED: Monthly
- COVER PRICE: £4.99
- YEAR’S SUBSCRIPTION: £48.49
- CIRCULATION: No ABC figure as yet
- UK STOCKISTS: WH Smith, Sainsbury’s, Asda, and a selection of other supermarkets, newsagents and craft shops. (NB I bought my copy in Tesco in Lisburn.)
- WEBSITE: http://molliemakes.themakingspot.com
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